For some time now, the ABP has been working on improvements to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) that will make the activities more relevant and better...
In my last blog entry, I addressed the intense debate about certification -- particularly the requirements for Maintenance of Certification (MOC). I outlined commitments from...
The ABP’s Mission and the Current Discussion on MOC The current intense debate about the meaning of certification is important and healthy for the profession...
“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people...
Almost every week, our offices in Chapel Hill are buzzing as we host meetings of test writing committees and subboards of the American Board of...
Thanks to all of you who responded to my last post about the mental health crisis among American children. Your comments confirm the impression I’ve...
As I travel around the country, I have the opportunity to meet many pediatricians who share with me information about the focus of their practice...
So began a tweet from the US embassy in Kabul 1:54 AM - 24 Apr 2014. Dr. Jerry Umanos, diplomate of the American Board of...
Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to hear about advances and issues facing our profession from pediatricians from all across the country...
I have a recurring nightmare: I’m a sophomore in college, taking an engineering exam on differential equations that I don’t understand at all. It’s an...
Justin Vandergrift and his wife’s lives changed abruptly in August of 2011, when they rushed their daughter Kathryn to a North Carolina pediatrician. Eleven-year-old Kathryn...
The Fateful Call “At 9:30 am last December 14, a fateful phone call interrupted the day of Newtown Connecticut pediatrician Laura Nowacki, MD, FAAP”, reported...
